I saw someone post a sentence like this on BSky and it amuses me greatly.

kinda love that

Exerting dominance, or making peace with. Both works.

That made me chuckle, too, but it made me think of something I heard a long time ago. When I lived in NJ, there was a health food store-slash-restaurant that was mostly vegan, except that they insisted on offering honey in the condiment basket. Whenever they were challenged on it, they would say, "Do you really think the bees care?"

So the first thing that came to mind with this was, "Does the water really care?"

(Not saying it's not funny, of course. )

That’s a great line.

I LOVE this line.

LettePonnier: It's not about how water thinks about it; it's about not holding a grudge against water by turning it into something soothing rather than something annoying. That's my take, anyway!